The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough

Author: James George Frazer

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-08-01

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 3752391634

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Reproduction of the original: The Golden Bough by James George Frazer

From Ritual to Romance
From Ritual to Romance

Author: Jessie Laidlay Weston

Publisher:

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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Landmark of anthropological and mythological scholarship explores the connection between the legend of the Grail and ancient mystery cults. A major source for T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land."

Before Religion
Before Religion

Author: Brent Nongbri

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2013-01-22

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 0300154178

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Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as ancient religion. Nongbri shows how misleading it is to speak as though religion was a concept native to pre-modern cultures.

Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays
Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays

Author: Bronislaw Malinowski

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2014-04-10

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1473393124

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This vintage book comprises three famous Malinowski essays on the subject of religion. Malinowski is one of the most important and influential anthropologists of all time. He is particularly renowned for his ability to combine the reality of human experience, with the cold calculations of science. An important collection of three of his most famous essays, "Magic, Science and Religion" provides its reader with a series of concepts concerning religion, magic, science, rite and myth. This is undertaken in an attempt to form a definite impression and understanding of the Trobrianders of New Guinea. The chapters of this book include: "Magic, Science and Religion", "Primitive Man and his Religion", "Rational Mastery by Man of his Surroundings", "Faith and Cult", "The Creative Acts of Religion", "Providence in Primitive Life", "Man's Selective Interest in Nature", etcetera. This book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.